MLB standings through games of August 20, 1974

MLB standings at the end of August 20, 1974

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. East
Boston Red Sox	122	68	54	0	.557		564	514	39-23	29-31	6-4	Won 3
Cleveland Indians	118	60	57	1	.513	5.5	487	488	33-30	27-27	3-7	Lost 2
Baltimore Orioles	121	62	59	0	.512	5.5	486	492	33-28	29-31	5-5	Won 2
New York Yankees	122	61	61	0	.500	7.0	479	488	34-26	27-35	6-4	Won 1
Milwaukee Brewers	123	59	64	0	.480	9.5	517	504	30-29	29-35	6-4	Lost 1
Detroit Tigers	123	58	65	0	.472	10.5	449	556	28-29	30-36	4-6	Won 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
A.L. West
Oakland A's	124	71	53	0	.573		569	442	40-25	31-28	5-5	Won 1
Kansas City Royals	120	64	56	0	.533	5.0	526	466	34-25	30-31	7-3	Won 1
Texas Rangers	124	61	62	1	.496	9.5	548	580	32-29	29-33	5-5	Lost 1
Chicago White Sox	125	60	63	2	.488	10.5	557	589	34-24	26-39	2-8	Lost 4
Minnesota Twins	125	60	64	1	.484	11.0	523	546	33-28	27-36	6-4	Lost 1
California Angels	125	49	75	1	.395	22.0	497	537	25-42	24-33	4-6	Lost 1

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. East
St. Louis Cardinals	124	65	59	0	.524		517	491	36-31	29-28	5-5	Lost 2
Philadelphia Phillies	123	62	61	0	.504	2.5	523	536	38-26	24-35	4-6	Lost 2
Pittsburgh Pirates	123	62	61	0	.504	2.5	550	503	39-26	23-35	6-4	Lost 2
Montreal Expos	120	57	63	0	.475	6.0	480	496	26-28	31-35	5-5	Lost 1
New York Mets	119	52	67	0	.437	10.5	419	491	26-33	26-34	4-6	Lost 4
Chicago Cubs	120	50	70	0	.417	13.0	488	618	28-36	22-34	4-6	Lost 2

	GP	W	L	T	PCT	GB	RF	RA	HOME	ROAD	LAST 10	STRK
N.L. West
Los Angeles Dodgers	123	77	46	0	.626		613	431	38-18	39-28	4-6	Won 2
Cincinnati Reds	124	75	49	0	.605	2.5	587	456	38-26	37-23	7-3	Won 4
Atlanta Braves	122	66	56	0	.541	10.5	503	437	34-28	32-28	8-2	Won 2
Houston Astros	122	63	59	0	.516	13.5	514	465	37-26	26-33	5-5	Won 3
San Francisco Giants	124	56	68	0	.452	21.5	492	549	27-30	29-38	5-5	Won 2
San Diego Padres	124	49	75	0	.395	28.5	434	647	28-31	21-44	4-6	Won 1

Today's scores and summaries:

Orioles 2, Rangers 1 at Baltimore (night game):
The Orioles put together three of their hits with a sacrifice fly for two runs in the second inning and defeated the Rangers, 2-1. Don Baylor singled, stole second and counted the first run on a double by Brooks Robinson. After Elrod Hendricks singled Robinson to third, Mark Belanger lofted a sacrifice fly to plate what proved to be the deciding run. The Rangers counted in the seventh on a double by Lenny Randle and two-out single by Dave Nelson.

Red Sox 8, White Sox 3 at Boston (night game):
Dick Drago turned in his first complete game since July 8 and the Red Sox backed their righthander with 13 hits to defeat the White Sox, 8-3. Rick Miller led the Red Sox with four hits, but the big blow of the attack was a three-run double by Dwight Evans in the third inning. Rick Burleson, who hit two singles and a sacrifice fly, drove in two runs and scored two. The White Sox had five doubles among their eight hits off Drago.

Tigers 1, Angels 0 at California (night game):
Nolan Ryan fanned 19 batters and set a major league record for most strikeouts in three consecutive games with a total of 44, but the Angels' righthander nevertheless lost to the Tigers, 1-0, in 11 innings. With two out, Ben Oglivie singled, stole second and scored on a single by Bill Freehan. Ryan, who whiffed every Tiger batter except Gene Lamont, had at least one strikeout in every inning and fanned the side in the sixth, eighth and ninth. Mickey Lolich hurled the route for the Tigers, scattering nine hits. Ryan gave up only four.

Royals 2, Indians 0 at Cleveland (night game):
Homers by Tony Solaita and Fran Healy off Gaylord Perry in the fifth inning carried the Royals to a 2-0 victory over the Indians. Perry, who had won only once since being stopped on a 15-game streak, suffered his seventh defeat in the last eight decisions, dropping his record to 16-8. Al Fitzmorris and Lindy McDaniel, who allowed five hits between them, combined on the shutout. Fitzmorris was hit on the right leg by a line drive in the fifth and left the game at the end of the inning.

Yankees 2, Twins 1 at New York (night game):
Two errors in the third inning, one of them on Bert Blyleven for failing to cover home plate, enabled the Yankees to defeat the Twins, 2-1. Craig Kusick homered off Pat Dobson for the Twins' run in the second. The Yankees tied the score in their half with singles by Chris Chambliss, Graig Nettles and Thurman Munson. Bobby Murcer walked with one out in the third and Ron Blomberg followed with a grounder that glanced off Blyleven's glove for an infield hit. Danny Thompson, fielding the ball, threw wildly to first base. Glenn Borgmann had gone behind first to back up the play and when Blyleven failed to cover for his catcher, Murcer raced home to score what proved to be the winning run.

A's 7, Brewers 1 at Oakland (night game):
A grand slam by Gene Tenace in the eighth inning highlighted a six-run outburst that brought the Athletics a 7-1 victory over the Brewers. Catfish Hunter held Brewers to three hits, but a homer by Darrell Porter in the seventh tied the score at 1-1. Bert Campaneris led off the eighth with a single, moved up on a sacrifice, stole third and scored the tie-breaking tally on a single by Sal Bando. A single by Reggie Jackson and pass to Joe Rudi then loaded the bases to set the scene for Tenace's homer off Bill Travers. The A's combined three singles for another run before the inning ended.

Braves 8, Cardinals 6 at Atlanta (night game):
A two-run single by Leo Foster in the fourth inning capped the Braves' scoring and proved decisive in an 8-6 victory over the Cardinals. Joe Torre doubled to drive in two runs for the Cards in the first, but the Braves came back with a matching pair on singles by Marty Perez and Hank Aaron. The Braves erupted for four runs in the second, two scoring on a homer by Darrell Evans. Torre got one run back for the Cards with a round-tripper in the fourth, but in the Braves' half Perez singled, Aaron and Dusty Baker walked and Foster rapped his single to enable the Braves to withstand later scoring by the Cardinals.

Dodgers 18, Cubs 8 at Chicago (day game):
Led by Davey Lopes, who smashed three homers, a double and single, the Dodgers set Los Angeles club records for most hits, 24, and most homers, six, in one game while overwhelming the Cubs, 18-8. Lopes had hit only three homers previously this year before going on his slugging spree. The Dodgers' second baseman hit for the circuit in the first and second innings, doubled in the third, singled in the fourth and homered again in the sixth. The Cubs finally retired Lopes on an infield grounder in the seventh. Jim Wynn, Steve Garvey and Willie Crawford also hit homers for the Dodgers, Crawford circling the sacks with an inside-the-park blow in the sixth. Sutton pitched the first seven innings and retired with an 18-4 lead, two of the Cubs' runs coming on a homer by Rick Stelmaszek. Charlie Hough, who replaced Sutton, was a washout in relief, giving up a grand-slam homer by Carmen Fanzone before Greg Shanahan came in to finish the game.

Reds 7, Phillies 1 at Cincinnati (night game):
Johnny Bench belted his 25th homer of the season and Joe Morgan hit his 18th and third in two nights to lead the Reds' attack in a 7-1 victory over the Phillies. After the Reds scored an unearned run in the second inning, Bench put the game beyond the Phillies' reach, smashing his homer in the third following a single by Pete Rose and walk to Morgan. The Phillies' run came in the fourth on singles by Mike Schmidt and Willie Montanez around a wild pitch by Clay Kirby, who pitched a five-hitter, but Morgan matched that tally with his homer in the fifth.

Astros 6, Mets 2 at Houston (night game):
J.R. Richard, who spent the first part of the season in the minors before being recalled July 14, pitched 6 1/3 innings and received credit for a 6-2 victory over the Mets. In achieving his first win of the year with the Astros, Richard allowed only two hits but walked four and uncorked three wild pitches. The Astros had a homer by Lee May in the second inning and added an unearned run in the third before the Mets tied the score with one hit in the fourth. Felix Millan singled and took second on a wild pitch. After Cleon Jones walked, another wild pitch advanced the runners and they scored on grounders by Ed Kranepool and Ken Boswell. The Astros then went ahead to stay with a run in the fifth on a double by Roger Metzger and single by Bob Watson. Mike Cosgrove replaced Richard in the seventh and put down a Mets' threat before the Astros went on to score their last three runs.

Padres 3, Expos 0 at Montreal (night game):
The combination of a three-run homer by Willie McCovey and three-hit pitching by Dave Freisleben brought the Padres a 3-0 victory over the Expos. McCovey hit his homer off Steve Rogers in fourth inning after a single by Dave Hilton and pass to Johnny Grubb.

Giants 8, Pirates 7 at Pittsburgh (night game):
Veteran Juan Pizarro, pitching one day after his acquisition from Cordoba of the Mexican League, walked Bruce Miller with the bases loaded in the 10th inning to force in the run that gave the Giants an 8-7 victory over the Pirates. However, major blame for the Pirates' defeat fell on Dave Giusti, Ramon Hernandez and John Morlan. Led by Rennie Stennett, who hit a homer and two singles, driving in three runs, the Pirates were ahead, 6-2, going into the ninth inning when the Giants rallied for five runs. Giusti, pitching in relief of Bruce Kison, was kayoed after giving up singles by Garry Maddox, Tito Fuentes and Bobby Bonds and double by Gary Matthews, three runs scoring. Hernandez took over and was rapped for a triple by Chris Speier, driving in the tying tally. After Morlan became the Pirates' third pitcher of the inning, Miller singled to put the Giants ahead. The Pirates came back to tie the score in their half. Al Oliver singled, moved to third on a hit by Willie Stargell and was safe at the plate when Dave Rader dropped the throw by Miller on a grounder by Richie Zisk. In the 10th, Morlan passed both Fuentes and Bonds. Pizarro relieved and retired Matthews. Mike Caldwell then sacrificed. Following an intentional pass to Speier, Pizarro walked Miller on a 3-and-2 count to force in Fuentes.